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प्रश्न
The short story 'The Little Match Girl' can be called a fairy tale because ______.
विकल्प
it is set in fairy land.
it has elements of magic and fantasy.
the little girl meets her fairy godmother.
the little girl marries a prince.
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उत्तर
The short story 'The Little Match Girl' can be called a fairy tale because it has elements of magic and fantasy.
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For she who has journeyed through life midway,
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And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
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They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away. They glanced out at the world that was raining now and raining and raining steadily. They could not meet each other’s glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down. “Margot.” One of the girls said, “Well.. .?” No one moved. “Go on,” whispered the girl. They walked slowly down the hall in the sound of the cold rain. They turned through the doorway to the room in the sound of the storm and thunder, lightning on their faces, blue and terrible. They walked over to the closet door slowly and stood by it. Behind the closed door was only silence. They unlocked the door, even more slowly, and let Margot out.
Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.
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